Best Practice Report

Q&A: How To Get Started With Client Virtualization

Answering I&O's Most Frequently Asked Desktop And Application Virtualization Questions

Benjamin Gray
 and  two contributors
Jul 20, 2011

Summary

With server virtualization now well established in the world's datacenters, infrastructure andoperations (I&O) leaders are turning their attention towardclient virtualization to address some of their toughest computing challenges. But there's often conflicting vendor guidance and endless architectures and flavors to consider. Because there's no one-size-fits-all solution for all user types and application workloads, I&O managers are finding that it will take a combination of technologies and vendor solutions to deliver the richest computing experience to their distributed and increasingly mobile workforce.This reporthelps I&O managers get started by answering the mostly frequently asked questions. It provides insight on how to: get started; build the business case; navigate the solutions and vendor landscape; determine applicability for your organization; properly segment your workforce; and create a cross-functional team to drive deployments.

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